Using ninhydrin to detect gravesoil

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 397-400

  Carter, David O ^a,c   Yellowlees, David ^a   Tibbett, Mark ^b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cadaver decomposition; Clandestine; Forensic science; Forensic taphonomy; Grave location

Indexed keywords

NINHYDRIN;

AUSTRALIA; CADAVER; CONFERENCE PAPER; DECOMPOSITION; ECOSYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; BURIAL; FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; MODELS, ANIMAL; NINHYDRIN; NITROGEN; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; RATS; SOIL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 41149157051     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2008.00681.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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